A study on the prevalence of thinness and obesity in school going adolescent girls of Kashmir Valley
| Autor: | Sameena Yousuf Dar, Beenish Mushtaq, M. M. Rafiq, Darakshan Ali, Anjum B Fazili, Qazi Iqbal, Rohul Jabeen Shah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology
General physical examination Cross-sectional study business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Overweight Anthropometry medicine.disease Obesity Literacy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Population study Residence 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom business Demography media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. :1884-1893 |
| ISSN: | 2394-6032 |
| DOI: | 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20162060 |
| Popis: | Background: A vast majority of girls in India are suffering from either general or specific morbidities. Under nutrition and obesity are important nutritional problems in adolescents. In Indian adolescents the prevalence of under nutrition is 53.1% in males and 39.5% in females. In India the prevalence of obesity is also increasing with 8.3% in adolescent boys and 5.5% in adolescent girls. This is especially seen in the urban affluent class because of unhealthy eating, consumption of junk and fast foods and also due to changing lifestyles and physical inactivity. Adolescent girls constitute a socially disadvantageous group in our society. Methods: A cross sectional study design was adopted and the study was conducted in randomly selected schools in three districts of Kashmir Valley during April 2014 to March 2015. A total of 428 girls in the age group of 12 to 18 years were included in the study. Data was collected using a pre-tested and pre-structured proforma which included assessment of the dietary habits, anthropometric measurements and general physical examination of the study participants. Results: The prevalence of thinness in the study population was 35.70% and was significantly associated with SES, mother’s literacy and mother’s occupation (p value |
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